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Bricklaying Courses & Training

Build your way to a better future, set the foundations for a career in bricklaying. Find yourself constructing large buildings to small house extensions across the country.

Day to day jobs would consist of:

Laying courses of bricks
Mixing mortar
Reshaping bricks and stone with the use of hammers and chisels
Checking courses are level and straight

Bricklayers need to keep in mind the scaffolder's, as when the courses of bricks get too high, another level of scaffold is required. A labourer is often employed to work along side the 'bricky' to keep him/her stocked up with bricks and mortar.

You can get trained as a 'bricky' through an apprentice scheme, college or an intensive course. On an average a bricklayer would get paid between £7 - £14 an hour. Intensive courses range from £450 - £2500 depending on what level of experience you want to achieve, duration and quality of service.

Qualifications: City and Guilds 6217 - bricklaying basics. The course criteria consist's of:

Constructing block wall
Cavity wall with recess
Working with timber frames in brickwork
Working with stepped foundation using block work
Constructing cavity wall using pre-cast stone arch
Constructing brick and block gable end

Contractor will certainly ask for a CSCS card to work on their building sites. The CSCS is to proof you are competent and have the relative skills.